Combined napkin ring and holder



(No Model.)

e. H. BEH'AN. Combined Napkin Ring and Hpl'daj.

Na -236,207. P'atehtedlan. 4,1881.

v gmmszfgmzn NPETERS, PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON n O STATES P TENT GEORGE H. BEHAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,207, dated January 4, 1881.

Application filed May 22, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BEHAN, of the city and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, have made and invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Napkin Ring and Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a novel construction of napkin-1 in g which is convertible at pleasure into a holder or a means for attaching and supporting the napkin on the clothing. It has for its object to provide a cheap, simple,

and serviceable device in which the ring for a napkin and a holder are combined in one article.

Thisinvention contemplates improvements in a combined napkin ring and holder; and it consists of two loops or hands pivoted together at one of their ends, and adapted to turn in upon each other, and provided with a boss and socket at their other ends, substan tially as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved ringin perspective. Fi 2 shows the same when converted into a support or holder for a napkin. Fig. 3 shows the two parts of which it is composed.

The two bands A A are made preferably of a flattened U-shape form and tapering at the ends, as thereby presenting a symmetrical ap pearance and giving a somewhat pointed end to engage with a button-hole, the collar-band, or other convenient part of the clothing. Two of these ends, a a, turn upon the pivot-joint c,

that secures them together, and the opposite ends, I) b, are lapped over each other, but not permanently connected. These ends, however,

are held in position and caused to turn upon each other by means of the projection or boss d upon one and the cup-shaped socket 6 upon the other end,into which the boss 01 fits. The elasticity of the two bands holds these parts d 6 one within the other, and thus the bands can be turned into line, or else folded in upon each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. This boss and its socket form the means by which the napkin is clasped and held when inserted between the ends I) b, and the elastic quality of the two bands acts to press them together, and so retain the napkin in place. As thus arranged and connected together these two bands or loops constitute in one article a napkin-ring of attractive appearance and a strong and practical attachment by which to suspend the napkin properly in front of the clothing. The elasticity of the bands acts to hold them in line with each other and present a ring for the napkin, and when folded together the ends a a constitute a ready means for engaging the holder with parts of the clothing. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a combined napkin ring and holder, the loops or bands A A, pivoted together at the ends a, a, and adapted to turn in upon each other, and provided with the boss (1 and the socket e at their other ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand and seal.

. GEO. H. BEHAN. 

